1998 Explorer: front ps window is down, and wont go up.

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1998 Explorer. Front PS window is down, and won't go up. DS switch creates a click in the vicinity of the motor, but PS switch does not. Dismantling the door and testing at the motor disconnect shows 12V when the DS switch is activated, but nothing when the PS switch is activated. Feeding 12V directly to the motor (yellow wire UP, red wire DOWN) yields no response on either wire, suggesting that the motor itself is dead (despite the clicks). (I assume the motor is self-grounded through the body, since there are only the two up/down wires going into it.)

Unless there is some hope for resurrecting the motor, I need to at least know how to get the window back up again.

Ok, I tried applying 12V to one motor wire and ground to the other, and nothing. Thinking that might have been the "down" combination, I reversed them and still nothing. So I guess the motor is toast, because I AM getting 12V from the "switch" end of the disconnect (although only from the DS side switch). Anyway:

1. Is there some way to raise the window glass until I track down a motor? (the door is still disassembled)

2. Is there a trick to replacing the motor? The door appears to be a one-piece unit, with no large holes in the neighbourhood of the motor. And I'll have to get the un-visible gears to mesh when reinstalling it.

1. Is there some way to raise the window glass until I track down a motor? (the door is still disassembled) A) You will need to disconnect a) Glass from Regulator "or" Disconnect Regulator from Door, Raise Glass & make shift something to hold Regulator & Glass Up

2. Is there a trick to replacing the motor? The door appears to be a one-piece unit, with no large holes in the neighbourhood of the motor. And I'll have to get the un-visible gears to mesh when reinstalling it.

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